1. I3U Commitment 32 “Roll-out Global Research Infrastructure“
Venue: Vienna, I3U Project Meeting & Technical Workshop,
Prepared by: WERI-SGH

2. Introduction
"The European Union should step up its cooperation on the roll-out of the global research infrastructures (GRI). (..) Agreement should be reached with international partners on the development of research infrastructures which owing to cost and/or complexity, can only be developed on a global scale.„ (Commitment 32 objective). This is of crucial importance for research infrastructures for environmental and Earth sciences that are essential to address global change (Report Global Change, EU 2012).

3. Introduction
World-class research infrastructures create competitive research environments, attract and retain researchers and experienced engineers/technologists from different countries, regions and disciplines. Research Infrastructure boost the linkages between different actors and institutions interested in knowledge accumulation and use. The traditional focus on “technology transfer” gives way to a focus on “knowledge sharing” (ERA Report, 2010, p. 18).

4. Commitment 32 map. Roll-out Global Research Infrastructures
Commitment rationale
Solution
Main impact channels
Main area of impact
Indicators
Outcome
Address global challenges
European roadmap for research infrastructures
(part of ESFRI)
Embeddedness:
Shape values and attitudes in societies that trigger innovation (mobility, openness, cooperativeness, trust)
Economic:
Advanced fundamental knowledge;
Improved R&D efficiency ; Stimulated cooperation ; Promoted scientific excellence; Trained scientists, engineers, administrators, and other professionals
Input measures:
R&D expenditures R&D staff number
Industrial PHDs
Number of graduates (level of education)
Innovation
Implement projects that exceed the funding capacity of individual countries
Group of Senior Officials for Global Research Infrastructures (GSO)
Institutional
environment:
Interoperability, Common data policies and standards
European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC)
Social:
Solved key Grand Challenges
 Strengthen international scientific co-operation
 Provided international experience for young scientists and engineers
Throughput measures:
Patents,
Publications, Prototypes and inventions,
Number of collaborative projects
GDP
Optimise the global inventory of scientific facilities and avoid duplication
European Expert Group on Cost Control and Management Issues of GRI
Governance:
New management system for GRI (access, data management, evaluation and priorities, project management, legal aspects)
Environmental:
Understood the underlying principles of the global climate change and its effects
Output measures: Innovation counts,
Number of tech spin-offs and innovative clusters
 Eco-innovations
Employment
Access a unique geographical location
 Access data and other resources that are distributed world-wide
Increased investment in R&D in EU and non EU countries
Resource allocation and employment:
Mobilizing and pooling of resources:
financial
human
physical
Area of impact:
 Social Sciences and Humanities; Environment, Marine and Earth Sciences; Energy; Astronomy; Biological and Medical Sciences; Material Science, Chemistry and Physics; Engineering;
Nanotechnologies
Country
competitiveness

5. Literature review
Economics of network (Granovetter, 1985; Hagedoorn, 1993 Goyal, 2007; Gulati, 1995,1999; Gulati, Nohria, Zaheer, 2000; Powell, 1990);
The concept of Critical Mass (Schelling, 1978; Granovetter, 1978)
Common Pool Resources Theory (Ostrom, 1990; 2010).
Research reveals that innovation often results from firm’s internal knowledge integrated with external knowledge accessible in inter-firm networking (e.g. Chesbrough, 2003; Bell, 2005; Almeida & Phene, 2012; Cantwell & Zhang, 2012), treated as a “locus of innovation” (Powell et al., 1996).

6. Next step – Research plan - preliminary proposal
ENTITY TYPE
ENTITY
SPECIFIED
REASON
TOOL FOR DATA COLLECTION
METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION
METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS
EXPECTED OUTCOME
Policy makers
EU representatives
Identifying the underlying reasons for GRI funding
In-depth interviews
Face to face interview
Content analysis* with NVivio programme
Supporting consistency / efficiency of GRI policies
Funding bodies
Several institutional representatives (GRI funders)
Identifying the decision making process of GRI funding (also outside EU!)
Scientific community
Few / all? operating GRI
Identify stakeholders of a GRI – (investors; research community; firms)
Identify their objectives
Identify barriers
Define barriers measurements
Semi-structured individual interviews**
Face to face
/internet-skype
/telephone? interview
Content analysis with NVivio programme
Reinforcing the GRI potential
Objective fulfilment measurements:
knowledge – publications;
education and training;
employment – created jobs;
knowledge transfer and collaborations - number of collaborative projects.
Other? Measure objectives fulfilment
Business community
Companies / institutes representing potential beneficiaries
Identify and group customers of GRI
Identify barriers and their hierarchy
Semi-structured individual interviews
Leveraging use and development of GRIs
Case study on successful mature GRI
Build a “benchmarking” for other GRI
Case study (different methods to be used to gathered data)
Desk research
Field research
Pattern matching
General public
Experts on ecological issues and world global trends
Clarify a vision of future investments in GRI
Semi structured questionnaire
Delphi method****
Report
Build the scenario for future GRI support policy

7. Thank you Małgorzata S. Lewandowska mlewando@sgh.waw.pl WERI - SGH
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